Recaps

Yavi and Mel left the caravan at Saint Thomas City and traveled to Fislo, where Mel reunited with the Morgan family. Yavi revealed himself to Maya and told her he was home.

• Yavi confessed to Mel that he feared disappointing his mother, and Mel assured him that he would always be their pride.
• Yavi gave Claire an Enhanced Grapeshot Bomb as she parted from them at Saint Thomas City.
• Yavi and Mel signed out of the caravan, collected their refund from Hawk, and rode toward Fislo.
• Yavi and Mel arrived at the Morgan castle, where Mel embraced her parents, brother, sister-in-law, nieces, and younger sister Amy.
• Maya uncovered Yavi's cloak, recognized her son, and heard him say, "I'm home, Mother!"

Yavi reunited with his family after more than a decade away and returned with them to the castle. Surrounded by his parents, brother, sister, nieces, and the familiar comforts of home, he settled into a long-awaited family reunion.

• Maya tearfully touched Yavi's face and embraced him, relieved that her son had finally returned.
• Herbert welcomed Yavi home with a firm embrace, and Jess greeted his younger brother with affectionate teasing.
• Yavi met Jess's wife and daughters, then introduced himself to his little sister, who touched his face to make sure he was real.
• The family returned to the castle, where Maya showed Yavi his childhood room, which she had kept unchanged and regularly cleaned.
• Yavi shared honey cake and cocoa with his family as Maya asked about his years away, and she promised they would never be separated again.

Yavi reunited with his family over a lavish dinner, explaining how he came to study at Oxenfurt Academy and earning their admiration for his growth. The next morning, he delighted Amy with conjured gifts while the family watched.

• Herbert hosted a celebratory dinner, and Mel recounted how she had found Yavi at Oxenfurt Academy.
• Yavi explained that his teacher had sent him to study alchemy and Chaos Magic under Loriess.
• Mel praised Yavi for defeating the opposing swordsmanship team and protecting their group from bandits, and Herbert toasted their return home.
• The next morning, Yavi conjured a bluebell and a box of macarons for Amy.
• Maya arrived with the rest of the family and teased Yavi for amusing his little sister.

After returning home, Yavi gave his family treasured gifts, then spent a week helping villagers with monster problems while Herbert and Jace attended a possible military council. His investigation of faint magic in an abandoned lakeside cottage led him to a magically preserved letter whose purpose remained unknown.

• Yavi presented Herbert and Jace with silver-and-dimeritium longswords, and they accepted them.
• Yavi gave Maya a moonstone hairpin, citrus perfume, and a gown, and gave his sister-in-law a starstone necklace, Night Rose perfume, and a robe.
• Yavi handed out snacks to his nieces and Amy, delighting them and bringing the family together.
• A week after Yavi returned, Herbert received a letter and went with Jace to Saint Thomas City for what might have been a military council.
• Yavi helped villagers with several problems, including catching an imp and clearing drowners from the river.
• Yavi investigated magic in an abandoned lakeside cottage, found faint footprints and a magically preserved letter, then dispelled the magic around it.

Yavi read a letter from Kharkov, who had left the Witcher Order to spend his remaining life freely and urged Yavi to cherish his family. In Kharkov’s cellar, Yavi found and claimed his master’s prized Wolf armor, then headed home.

• Yavi opened Kharkov’s magically sealed letter and learned that Kharkov had intercepted his family’s letters and later left the Witcher Order to live for himself.
• Kharkov urged Yavi to spend time with his family and told him not to search for him, while revealing a gift beneath the bed.
• Yavi opened the cellar beneath Kharkov’s bed and found a complete set of enchanted School of the Wolf armor.
• Yavi tried on the armor, confirmed it fit and could change into his ordinary clothes, then left the cabin and made his way home.

Yavi learned that Poviss was mustering troops near Tuck Fortress and that his father had been asked to arrange a match with Lucy. He agreed to meet her, and the family set out for the fortress amid growing border tensions.

• Herbert and Jace told Yavi that Poviss was gathering troops and might threaten Tuck Fortress after the Winter Solstice Festival.
• Herbert revealed that Katz had proposed Yavi marry his daughter Lucy, but Yavi warned that his witcher’s constitution and duties would make marriage unfair to her.
• Yavi agreed to meet Lucy before deciding anything, and Herbert arranged a family visit to Tuck Fortress.
• Herbert led a procession with Jace, Yavi, and one hundred and eighty soldiers toward Tuck Fortress.
• Jace explained that Poviss and Kovir had been at war for three years, with Tuck Fortress now at the center of the conflict.

Yavi and his family’s party traveled toward Tuck Fortress, where he killed three Foglets that attacked from the mist. At the campsite, Yavi reassured his family and shared stories of the monsters he had faced over the years.

• Jace told Yavi that the party should reach Tuck Fortress before noon the next day if nothing delayed them.
• Yavi sensed magic in the thick fog, then used his Signs and silver sword to kill three Foglets.
• Amy admired Yavi’s fighting and asked him to teach her, while Lady Maya worried about what he had endured.
• Herbert doubled the camp’s night watch, and the party reached its campsite before dusk.
• Yavi told his family about facing a frost troll, a higher vampire, and succubi, sharing stories around the campfire.

Yavi and his party reached Tuck Fortress just as the Iron-Treading Battalion attacked, forcing him to face the enemy cavalry alone so his family could enter the fortress. He charged into their ranks under a magical shield, and his family watched from the walls as he disappeared into the black-armored formation.

• Yavi and his party arrived at Tuck Fortress, where Marquis Katz and Herbert greeted each other from the walls and gates.
• The Iron-Treading Battalion appeared on the western plain, and Katz ordered his soldiers to prepare for battle while Herbert hurried his party toward the gates.
• Herbert ordered his soldiers to hold off the cavalry, and Yavi told his father and Jace to escort the family inside while he covered their retreat.
• Maya and Herbert protested, but Mel urged them to trust Yavi, who turned his horse toward the enemy and drew his silver sword.
• Poviss's archers fired a volley, but Yavi's pale yellow magical shield deflected the arrows as he charged into the cavalry ranks.
• Herbert, Maya, Jace, and Katz reached the walls in time to see Yavi vanish into the charging enemy formation.

Yavi unleashed a tornado that shattered the Poviss cavalry’s attack and turned the battle in favor of Tuck Fortress. He defeated the enemy’s elite warriors, captured their commander, and returned to the fortress as the defenders celebrated victory.

• After Yavi vanished into the enemy ranks, he burst into the sky and summoned a tornado that devastated the Iron-Treading Battalion.
• Katz ordered the gates opened, and Herbert, Jace, and the allied troops charged out as the Poviss soldiers broke and scattered.
• Yavi killed five heavily armored warriors who confronted him and left the remaining enemies afraid to approach.
• Herbert and Jace checked Yavi for injuries, and he assured them he was unharmed.
• Yavi used the Aard Sign to uncover the unconscious commander beneath a carriage, then took him captive as the battle ended.
• Katz and Herbert ordered the troops to collect weapons, tend to the wounded, and bring prisoners back to Tuck Fortress.

Yavi returned to Tuck Fortress victorious with Poviss general Frankie Sweet as his prisoner, then joined Katz’s family before the victory feast. The chapter left Katz gathering everyone to celebrate Yavi’s triumph.

• Yavi returned to the fortress, reunited with Maya, and presented the captured Frankie Sweet to Katz and Herbert.
• Katz ordered Frankie taken to a guarded separate cell and invited Yavi to the victory feast.
• Yavi met Louise Clark and Lucy Clark, then impressed Louise with his knowledge of jasmine tea.
• Katz, Herbert, and Jace entered the drawing room and called Yavi to join the celebration.

Katz hosted a victory feast for Herbert’s family after Yavi helped defeat Poviss’s forces and captured Frankie. Yavi began telling the gathered guests about a monster hunt in the Skellige Isles, leaving them waiting to hear what happened next.

• Katz’s sons and their families joined Herbert’s family in the drawing room, where they celebrated the day’s battle.
• Katz announced that the victory feast was ready, and everyone moved to the dining hall for a lavish meal.
• Katz welcomed Herbert’s family, praised Yavi for capturing Frankie, and promised he would be rewarded by City Lord Liz.
• Katz called Yavi over and asked him to tell stories about his years as a witcher.
• Yavi described tracking and fighting a siren in the Skellige Isles, then paused at the suspenseful point as the guests urged him to continue.

Yavi entertained the guests at Tuck Fortress with a comic tale of Master Kharkov’s stinking ordeal, then helped the drunken men to bed. The next morning he trained the soldiers and shared breakfast with the women while Katz woke with a hangover.

• Yavi told the banquet guests how Master Kharkov had escaped a sea monster and carried its stench for two weeks, making the hall erupt in laughter.
• Katz and the other men drank themselves unconscious, while Yavi remained steady and helped the servants carry them to their rooms.
• Yavi reassured Maya that witcher training let him handle the wine, then washed and went to bed before dawn.
• Yavi trained with the soldiers in the forecourt until Mel called him back for breakfast with the women.
• Yavi ate a large breakfast with Maya, Mrs. Louis, Lucy, and the other women as Katz shouted about his hangover upstairs.

Maya and Lady Louise arranged a meeting between Lucy and Yavi, while Yavi used White Honey potion to cure the men’s hangovers. Later, Katz and Herbert confronted the captured Frankie, revealing that his attack had started a war and threatening to hang him.

• Lady Louise showed Maya and the others around the castle, then seated Lucy across from Yavi during refreshments.
• Yavi presented Lucy with a mechanical golden rose, and she delightedly accepted it.
• Yavi gave White Honey potion to Katz, his sons, Herbert, and Jace, quickly easing their hangovers.
• Katz, Herbert, Yavi, and Jace visited the imprisoned Frankie, who demanded to know what had happened to his Iron-Treading Battalion.
• Katz and Herbert told Frankie that the surviving battalion members were in the stables and that his undeclared attack had officially started a war.
• Herbert warned Frankie that Lord Liz of St. Thomas would arrive with elite troops, and Katz threatened to hang Frankie from the castle walls.

Yavi used the Axii Sign to make Frankie reveal that Poviss planned to capture Tuck Fortress before the Winter Solstice Festival, with reinforcements arriving in five days. Katz and his allies then planned an ambush on the western plains, where Lord Liz's reinforcements were expected in three days.

• Katz prepared to torture Frankie for information, but Yavi offered to use magic instead.
• Yavi cast the Axii Sign on Frankie, who revealed the plan to capture Tuck Fortress before the Winter Solstice Festival and said the Second Legion would arrive from the west in five days.
• Katz concluded that Lord Liz's reinforcements would arrive in three days, giving them time to prepare an ambush.
• Herbert reported that the enemy reinforcements had chosen the open western plains, and Katz noted their cavalry advantage.
• Jace proposed setting an ambush in the woods, and Herbert and Katz planned to lure the enemy into an encirclement with light cavalry and hidden forces.

Katz and the other lords prepared Tuck Fortress for the expected Poviss reinforcements while Yavi kept his distance from Lucy. City Lord Liz arrived with his army and, after reviewing Katz’s battle report, drew attention to the lord’s son who had captured the enemy commander.

• Katz’s sons William, Robert, and Edward joined the war council, where the leaders refined plans to ambush enemy reinforcements expected in five days.
• Katz toasted Yavi for obtaining intelligence from Frankie, and the fortress increased training and patrols as the attack approached.
• Yavi continued to treat Lucy distantly and told Mel he believed he and Lucy were not suited to each other.
• Liz Maguire arrived at Tuck Fortress with his reinforcements, and the gathered lords assembled in the audience hall.
• Liz praised the lords for answering his call, then asked about the lord’s son who had disrupted enemy forces behind their lines and captured their commander.

At a gathering of Kovir’s lords, Liz rewarded Herbert Morgan, Jace Morgan, and Yavi Morgan for their roles in defending Tuck Fortress. Yavi asked Liz to raise the Morgan Family’s honors, and Liz agreed on the condition that Yavi disrupt the enemy formation in the next battle; the lords then attended Katz’s welcoming banquet.

• Liz awarded Herbert Morgan ten thousand crowns and a year of tax exemption for the Morgan Domain, and gave Jace Morgan two thousand crowns for leading the charge.
• Liz awarded Yavi Morgan five thousand crowns and the right to choose a reward within his authority after Yavi captured the enemy commander.
• Yavi asked Liz to raise the Morgan Family’s honors, and Liz agreed if Yavi threw the enemy ranks into disarray in the next battle.
• Katz announced that the welcoming banquet was ready, and Liz led the gathered lords to the banquet hall.
• Liz and the lords toasted Katz’s hospitality and complete victory in the coming battle before the banquet began.

As Poviss’s army remained inactive outside Tuck Fortress, Liz and his lords chose to celebrate the Winter Solstice Festival while strengthening the defenses. The celebration was interrupted by an urgent message from the old steward, whose contents were not revealed.

• Reinforcements from Poviss camped on the western plain without advancing, and Liz debated whether to attack before the festival.
• Herbert advised Liz to hold position and let the soldiers celebrate, so Liz ordered the festival to proceed with triple guards at every post.
• Liz received daily reports that the Poviss camp remained silent while Yavi trained and spent time with his mother.
• Yavi joined Herbert, his mother, Liz, and the lords for the Winter Solstice banquet at Tuck Fortress.
• Liz asked Yavi why the enemy remained silent, but the old steward whispered an urgent message to Katz, and the banquet fell quiet.

During Liz’s Winter Solstice banquet, a Poviss envoy revealed himself as a witcher and trapped the guests inside a magical barrier before attacking Liz. The witcher was hurled into a wall by a sudden blast, leaving the source of the attack unknown.

• Katz told Liz that Poviss had sent a lone envoy with a letter and a wooden box.
• The envoy entered the banquet hall and presented Liz with the letter and box.
• Liz opened the box, and its purple light formed an impenetrable barrier around the hall.
• The envoy revealed his witcher armor and disguise, then attacked the unarmed Liz.
• A deafening blast struck the witcher and threw him into a stone wall.

Yavi revealed himself as a School of the Wolf witcher and fought a School of the Cat assassin inside a barrier while the nobles watched. After the crowd cheered him on, the assassin saw an opening and thrust toward Yavi’s unprotected side.

• Yavi shed his noble attire, revealed his School of the Wolf armor, and warned the others to protect the women and stay back.
• Yavi and the cat witcher exchanged Signs, poisoned weapons, and sword attacks, and Yavi damaged the assassin’s steel blade with his silver sword.
• The cat witcher cut Yavi’s shoulder, attacked through poisonous smoke, and pressed him into an apparent retreat.
• Amy, Mel, and the assembled nobles cheered for Yavi, briefly disrupting the cat witcher’s concentration.
• The cat witcher spotted Yavi’s exposed right side and thrust at his abdomen, but something changed just as the sword neared his armor.

Yavi fought the School of the Cat witcher, overpowering him after the assassin used potions and tried to bribe him. The witcher then sprang a freezing-bomb trap as Yavi charged, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Yavi shattered the School of the Cat witcher's Quen shield and struck him with an Aard-enhanced punch.
• The School of the Cat witcher threw a Grapeshot Bomb toward the crowd, but Yavi intercepted it before it landed.
• The School of the Cat witcher drank potions and attacked at enhanced speed, forcing Yavi to retreat until Yavi's strength surged and he disarmed him.
• The School of the Cat witcher offered Yavi gold and proposed killing the nobles, but Yavi rejected the offer and charged at him.
• The School of the Cat witcher threw a freezing bomb and prepared Igni, expecting to trap Yavi in ice.

Yavi defeated and captured the School of the Cat witcher who attacked the Winter Solstice Festival, then attended the nobles’ morning council as they planned a response to Poviss. He warned that questioning the assassin would likely reveal nothing, leaving the nobles to consider their next move.

• Yavi’s left hand nullified the witcher’s freezing magic, and Yavi severed his arm and knocked him unconscious with an Aard-charged punch.
• Yavi bound the assassin and secured dimeritium shackles around his legs while Herbert, Jace, and Maya checked on Yavi’s injuries.
• Lord Liz ordered the assassin taken to the lowest dungeon level under heavy guard and ended the gathering for the night.
• The next morning, Lord Liz praised Yavi before the nobles and opened a discussion about how to respond to Poviss.
• Katz called for the nobles to extract information from the assassin, but Yavi argued that the hired witcher would know little and resist Signs used to control his mind.

Yavi convinced Lord Liz to launch a surprise attack on the Poviss army and agreed to sow chaos behind its lines. He led the assault by unleashing a towering fiery tornado that tore through the enemy camp.

• Yavi proposed attacking Poviss before its forces could respond to the failed assassination, and the lords supported him.
• Lord Liz approved the attack and ordered Yavi, Herbert, and Jace to coordinate with his central army.
• Liz assigned the First Corps to flank the enemy and the heavy cavalry to break through the center while Yavi struck behind the lines.
• Lady Maya urged Yavi to return safely before Liz's army advanced toward the Poviss camp.
• Yavi charged through the enemy defenses and combined Igni with Aard to create a fiery tornado that devastated the Poviss camp.

Yavi helped turn the battle against Poviss into a decisive victory, then broke into the command tent and captured a young nobleman. Liz recognized the captive as Alphonse Dodge, the King of Poviss's youngest son.

• Liz ordered the allied cavalry and infantry to charge as Yavi's fire tornado devastated the enemy formations.
• Yavi fought past four bodyguards at the command tent, using an Axii Sign to make one attack his companions.
• Yavi found a terrified young nobleman hiding beneath a table, knocked him unconscious, and carried him from the tent.
• Yavi ordered the Axii-controlled bodyguard to kill himself and crossed the fallen battlefield with the captive.
• Liz, Herbert, and Jace met Yavi, and Liz identified the captive as Alphonse Dodge, the King of Poviss's youngest son.

After capturing Alphonse Dodge, Liz brought him to Tuck Fortress and announced plans to escort him to Pontar as a hostage and seek peace negotiations. He invited Herbert’s family to accompany him to the royal capital so Yavi could receive the king’s commendation, and they prepared to depart at dawn.

• Yavi asked what to do with the unconscious royal prisoner, and Liz decided to take Alphonse Dodge to the royal capital as a hostage.
• Herbert, Jace, and Yavi reunited with Maya and Amy at Tuck Fortress before Liz summoned the lords to a council meeting.
• Liz revealed that Yavi had captured Alphonse, third son of the King of Poviss, and announced he would escort him to Pontar the next morning.
• Liz placed Earl Katz in command of the army while he was away and ordered the lords to continue defending the border.
• Liz told Herbert that his family would accompany him to the capital so Yavi could receive recognition from King Baldwin Thyssen.
• Herbert embraced Jace and Yavi after the meeting, excited about their coming audience with the king.

Liz led Herbert, Jace, Yavi, and Herbert’s family from Tuck Fortress to the Pontar Royal Capital, where they entered the inner keep. The party arrived safely, but Yavi sensed something as they crossed into the royal grounds.

• Liz’s party departed Tuck Fortress after Katz asked Herbert to mention him to Yavi before the king.
• On the road, Liz explained royal audience etiquette, and Yavi said his teacher had taught him through stories about court life.
• After three days, the party reached the Pontar Royal Capital, and Liz entered with a few dozen guards while the army camped outside.
• Liz led Herbert and his family through the city and into the inner keep after presenting his badge.
• Liz assigned Herbert’s family guest rooms, while Yavi noticed the attendants moved with unusual quietness.